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ˈdedolent, a. rare.
Also dedolant.
[ad. L. dēdolēnt-em, pr. pple. of dēdolēre to give over grieving, f. de- I. 6 + dolēre to grieve.]
That feels sorrow no more; feeling no compunction; insensible, callous.
1633Rogers Treat. Sacraments ii. 23 With an insensible, dedolent heart, with a dead benummed spirit. 1647Ward Simp. Cobler 20 Men..accursed with indelible infamy and dedolent impenitency. 1698R. Fergusson View Eccles. 46 His Forehead is Brass double gilt and his Understanding..Callous and Dedolent. 1893‘S. Grand’ Heavenly Twins I. v. i. 3 She was sleeping soundly, not because she was dedolent but because she was exhausted. 1951Auden Nones (1952) 34 A tanker sinks into a dedolant sea. |